Biology:Uruguaysuchidae

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Short description: Extinct family of reptiles

Uruguaysuchidae
Temporal range: Early - Late Cretaceous, 125–66 Ma
Araripesuchus fossils.jpg
Block containing multiple specimens of Araripesuchus wegeneri
Scientific classification e
Missing taxonomy template (fix): Archosauria/Reptilia
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: Crocodyliformes
Suborder: Notosuchia
Family: Uruguaysuchidae
Gasparini, 1971
Subgroups

Uruguaysuchidae is a family of notosuchian crocodyliforms that lived in South America and Africa during the Cretaceous period. It includes the genera Araripesuchus and Uruguaysuchus. Below is a cladogram from Soto et al. (2011):[1]

Notosuchia
Uruguaysuchidae

Uruguaysuchus

Araripesuchus

A. wegeneri

A. buitreraensis

A. gomesii

A. patagonicus

Ziphosuchia

Libycosuchus

Simosuchus

Malawisuchus

Candidodon

Chimaerasuchus

Sphagesaurus

Baurusuchus

Bretesuchus

Iberosuchus

Notosuchus

Comahuesuchus

Mariliasuchus

References

  1. Soto, M.; Pol, D.; Perea, D. (2011). "A new specimen of Uruguaysuchus aznarezi (Crocodyliformes: Notosuchia) from the middle Cretaceous of Uruguay and its phylogenetic relationships". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163 (S1): S173–S198. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00717.x. 

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